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September 10, 2009
New-new-n-improved Barclays Center news roundup
Here's a roundup of this morning's news headlines from local (and not-so-local) media:
amNY, New Atlantic Yards design unveiled, legal challenges remain
Interesting bit of news:
This morning, the Independent Budget Office is expected to release a report analyzing how much the city will make off the development versus lost tax revenue and capital spending on the project.
NY1, Atlantic Yards Developer Unveils New Arena Plans
This will be Brooklyn's new arena, and this time it's for real, says the developer.
NY Daily News, Bruce Ratner unveils futuristic Atlantic Yards Nets arena design after critics blasted 'barn' design
It's the new, new Atlantic Yards.
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"The Barclays Center will quickly become an iconic part of the Brooklyn landscape," Ratner said.
NoLandGrab: Fer sure, it's "iconic"
Associated Press, New design unveiled for NBA arena in Brooklyn
In drawings and models, the woven steel bands give the building the appearance of being covered in wicker.
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Developer Bruce Ratner said the two firms have been working with "Mercury-like speed" in advance of a crucial December deadline. The development, dubbed Atlantic Yards, needs to break ground by then or lose access to the tax-free bonds financing much of the project.
LA Times, Ghost of Gehry: Third try for Brooklyn arena design
An excerpt of "some quick thoughts" on yesterday's announcement:
--The announcement itself was peculiar, coming not in the New York Times or any other media outlet but via old-fashioned press release. Clearly Forest City was not going to spoon-feed any renderings to the NYT given recent pieces condemning the developer for getting rid of Gehry, but it's still something of a surprise that another New York publication didn't get the nod.
--All of this may be for naught, as there's still a good chance that Atlantic Yards -- the whole blessed thing -- is dead in the water.
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--The new architect pairing is, no matter how you slice it, an odd one, matching Ellerbe Becket's Midwestern love of barn-style "fieldhouse" arenas with the fluid (and politically savvy) approach of Manhattan-based SHoP. For some background on SHoP, here's a profile I wrote on the firm for Metropolis magazine back in 2001.
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--Still, perhaps because the design was produced rather quickly -- SHoP has been on the job only since June -- the arena seems to sag deflatedly from certain angles, rather like a basketball needing some air, which can hardly be the kind of architectural symbolism the Nets were hoping for.
SBNation.com, Nets Reveals Plan for a Spaceship in New York City
Yup, they said, "Spaceship."
Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Long-Awaited Barclays Arena Design Is Finally Unveiled
That's "Long-Awaited" if you mean since June.
WNYC News Radio, New Designs for Nets Basketball Arena Reduce Cost, Flash
NBA Fanhouse, Cheaper Nets Arena Design Unveiled As Brooklyn Move Reaches Critical Moment
Posted by lumi at September 10, 2009 7:26 AM